Authorised Alex Scott Together Secretary

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/12

President’s message 3

Membership report 4

Member Support report 5

List of Council delegates 6

Summaries of Council Meetings 7

Council committees 10

Together Executive 11

Executive attendance 12

AGM 2011 minutes 13

Financial statements 21

Amalgamation report 27

Collective Bargaining & Campaign Reports 28

• Health HPEB2• Health EB8• TMR EDA8• Core Collective Agreement• Building Blocks Campaign• Working for a better public service• Working for Queenslanders• Federal Campaigns

Reconcilliation Action Plan Report 32

Women’s Report 33

Training report 35

Life members 37

Staff list 38

CONTENTS

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Preparation and response: 2012 was an important year for our unionFor most of the last twenty years Queensland public sector workers had an employer who was neutral or friendly to workers rights and public services. From the middle of 2009 all indications were that this would come to an end. As a union it was paramount that we prepare for what might happen and ready ourselves for the onslaught to come.

One of the most important steps in our preparations was the amalgamation between the Australian Services Union and the Queensland Public Sector Union to form Together. By pooling our resources we have given ourselves the organizational strength to be on the front foot against anti-worker attacks. While this process was not always easy, it was worthwhile. As one union we are able to be aggressive in defending jobs and services. As two unions it is likely that our response would have been more muted.

2011 saw the first major bargain of Together, Health EB8. For the first time health administration workers were able to bargain under the one union banner. This was a successful campaign, driven by members and delegates, and highlights the importance of having one strong union in workplaces.

Workers in Queensland Health continued to struggle with the health payroll systems that was also one of the key issues in the downfall of the government. The impact of this failure of government administration was acute. Workers’ lives were deeply affected both in terms of workers who were overpaid and underpaid but also the people who had to pick up the pieces and try to manually keep the system together.

During the last year the union also graduated it’s first “Workplace Leaders” training group. The Workplace Leaders program gave committed workplace activists intense training over the course of eighteen months to prepare them for a hostile government. The leaders who completed the process have been on the frontline of organising our response to the Newman Government’s radical agenda. They are a credit to our union.

The change of government has led to dark days for workers in Queensland, across the public sector. As a union we have taken the lead in fighting job cuts, standing up for services and educating the public about the importance of a strong public sector. This work is ongoing and vitally important.

Having established the public sector defence fund in 2003, and diverted more and more of our resources into organising and campaigning, our union has approached the Newman Government’s radical agenda at fighting weight. I am confident that if we continue to build our strength in workplaces and form strong links in the community, we can do what needs to be done to ensure that Queenslanders have access to quality services provided by high paid and valued professionals for years to come.

Together we can make a difference.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

By Vivienne Doogan Together President

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While many unions around Australia have experienced long term decline in their membership numbers, we have continued to grow from strength to strength over the past decade, meeting the challenges of govern-ment job cuts, voluntary redundancy programs and an aging public sector workforce. Our recent amalgama-tion with the ASU has added a further dimension to our story of successful growth, pushing our member-ship beyond 38,000.

Despite the continuing ageing of the Queensland Public Service - where demographic change and the ageing of the Australian population is having signifi-cant impact, particularly with the large cohort of Baby Boomers in the Queensland public sector reaching retirement age – the average age of our membership base continues to decrease, reflecting our ongoing recruitment of a new generation of union members.

Not only are we becoming younger as a union, we are also experiencing a large, long term transformation on the gender balance of our membership, reflecting a similar change that is occurring not only in the Queen-sland public sector, but in many industries connected to the provision of Queensland public services. A decade ago, our membership was 53% female – today women make up nearly 66% of our union membership.

Over the last decade, our organisation has continued to evolve into a much larger, younger, higher skilled and predominately female union.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

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1.CALL ACTIVITY:

Note the Amalgamation of AMASCU and QPSU on 1 July 2011.

Total calls answered in the Annual Report period = 22,502

The calls pattern within the totals for the quarters represented will often reflect events occurring across membership. For example, the Government announce-ments regarding job cuts in the public sector for temporary staff in early April 2012 led to an in-crease in calls for the April – June Quarter 2012. It is predicted this trend will continue with increased calls with each new announcement affecting public sector members.

2. ADVOCACY AND CASE MANAGEMENT

Case management statistics

The figures below relate to the data collected from our electronic filing system for the annual period, which speak to the individual industrial matters of members assisted by industrial staff.

The total number of individual cases created in this period was 1831.

The total number of individual cases closed in this period was 1842.

Discipline trends:

There has been a change in the discipline climate. Penalties are harsher, and across this annual period there has been an increase in financial impact penal-ties such as withholding increments.

• An increase in the number of discipline matters arising out of being deemed to have failed to meet performance requirements.

• An increase in Ill Health retirement matters.

Comments:

Very few of the reported QComp matters involved physical injury claims; most involved psychiatric injury or illness claims, often where management action was

cited as the significant contributing factor. The disputa-tion figures demonstrate matters where the employer failed to respond to resolution processes.

Cases by Industry

Cases by Category

Note: matters reported under the categories Condi-tions of employment and Employ-ment status include the significant number of members employed under temporary engagement who experienced issues regarding access to severance benefits and recogni-tion of previous service.

MEMBER SUPPORT REPORT

Statistical report summary

July-Sept 2011 Oct-Dec 2011 Jan – Mar 2012 Apr – Jun 2012

Average calls answered per day 80 102 81 95

Calls per Quarter 5419 6122 5165 5796

Average length of calls(mins & secs) 3:35 3:32 3:44 3:47

External Tribunals

Q.Comp QIRC QIRC PSC FWA reviews – Unfair Dismissal - Disputes

21 3 10 7 3

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Sharon AbbottMartin A’BellPatricia AdairDolores AdamsKay AlexanderSteven AllenOle AndersenPeter AshbyMichele BaileyJennifer BaileyHelen BannermanYasmin BarberIan BarberRachel BarleyChris BarrettLeigh BarryKirrilly BelchamJulie BignellJennifer BishopMaree BockHelen BodnarStephen BonnickRaymond BookerLeonie BraundCameron BrownJoan BruceErrold BryantStephen BuchananAdam BullochAlan BurtRoss ButlerMichelle ByardGeorge ByersSarah CarrPhillip CarswellPeter CattachCarol ChurchCraig ChurchillAndrew CoatesLynette CobbJamie CoburnSandra CochranGrant CockburnPhillipa ColePamela ColesAnthony (Tony) CollinsChristine CollyerJanelle ComerfordSimon ConlonStephen CookeBruce CraigGraham CrimstonMargaret CrowtherSarah CrundallMichael CullenSean CurleyAlex CuttsKatherine DanbyHenk De GraafDianne DegneyChristopher DelanyJustin DesmondPeter DeveySue DinningAlexander Donald

Vivienne DooganSallyanne DoyleMichael DriscollMatthew DunfordMarie Edwards-GillerPeter EickenloffTeena EmbreyIhab ErianRobert EttingerPerry FaintJanet FarleyKaren FaulknerDebra FennellStruan FergusonKate FlandersKelly Flood(Tom) Thomas FloodEva FosterChristine FoxDale FreeJames GannonMadonna GentryDominic GinleyDiane GlenJoanne GlinsterMark GordonCarla GortonPaul GoulevitchAmanda GravesonDeborah GreenAndrew GrodeckiJudith GuleyMitch HaggmanMiriam HaireMary HaireRon HaleGail HamiltonHelen HamleyDamien HamwoodDuncan HarmanWilliam HarrisRodney HarrisJeanette HarveyEdward HaytonGregory HeathMichael HeffernanBradley HeilbronnStuart HenryGlen HewitsonBob HillStephen HinklerWayne HintonSimone HitchcockJanine HopeGeorge HoroldPeter HughesJason HuntBernard IversJulianne IvisonNorman JacobsenGeoffrey JensenSusan JohnstonDavid JonesGraham JonesJohn Jones

Robert KellyZoe KennedyLisa KennedyPeter KeysPeter KnackVicki KoinaPhilip KysonKeith LambVicki LarnerColin LiddellMiriam LockeDolph LossbergStephen LouwrensChristine LowrieBrendan LynchJenny MaceMichael MarkhamSharon MartinTrish MartinAndrea MaxwellWayne MayNeil (Mick) McCollMark McCoskerIan McCullochKim McDavidThomas McDonaldRuth McFarlaneLindsay McFaulAnnalisse McHughMaureen McKirdyAlbert McLeanRhys McMahonKevin McNultyGregory MedlinGeraldine MeinBarbara MelvilleJudith Merari-LyonsBruce MercerGregory MilesRodney MilesSue MillerBarry MillwoodCassandra MilmlowCristelle MulvogueZac MurphyGordon MurrayKerry MustonPatricia NeillGavin NevilleAnthony NichollsChristina Nipperess-SimsPaul O’DriscollLinda O’GormanJudith OppermannSusan OritiJoanne O’ShanesyJanette PapaniScott ParringtonLynette PayneBarry PeacockKarl PeetersManuel PereiraPeta PerryRachel Phillips

Leigh PickstoneSagie PillaiKevin PlaceSuzanne PriceMonique PriorGina PriviteraMark QuinlanJohn QuinnChristine RadkePaul ReadyEileen RedmondGlynn ReesLisa ReeveRodney ReevesColleen ReisenerRobert RiggStuart RobertsGary RobertsJill RobertsPerry RobinsonLinda RobinsonJoseph RoccoPeter RocheSimon RossJessica RowlesLynn RowsellShirley RoyMatthew Ryan-SykesCarol RylanceMargaret SavicAngie Saville-BalsamoMichael SchubertDebra ScottAlex ScottRobyn SharpeRyan SheedySylvia SmithGavin SolinasPauline SpackmanHarry SpieglerLisa SpieglerBarry StarkMark StarkeyLyn StephensPatrick StevensonHeather StewartErica SummersDaniel SweeneyJohn SzandurskiAdrian TantariGraham TaylorJohn TaylorShanti ThompsonAmanda TimmersPenny TolandJeanetta ToluTrevor ToonKlarika TortelyEmma TovellJohn TreloarLarry TurnerRoss UhlmannKathleen WackerKim WalderBob (Robert) Walker

Angela WalshGregory WaltersLisa WandreyMatthew WeinertBarbara WeirHelen WestPaul WhitfieldSylvia WhittakerRowena WichmanRobyn WilkinsonStorm WillettNaomi WilliamsDeborah WilliamsDerek WillieBrett WinesSara WoodLinda WoodwardGeoffrey WyvillPeter YatesArthur YoungDavid YusiBradley Zeller

LIST OF COUNCIL DELEGATES

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Summary of the Together Council meeting

30 August 2011

Together Council met on Tuesday 30 August 2011. 179 delegates were in attendance, plus observers. Council met at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane.

The meeting was chaired by President Vivienne Doogan who acknowledged the traditional owners of the land, the Turrbul and Yuggera peoples.

This meeting was the first for the Council under the name Together and the first time delegates of the for-mer QPSU and ASU Councils met under the same roof.

Life Membership — Barry Peacock

Mr Barry Peacock, longstanding member of the QPSU, was presented with his Life Membership award.

Amalgamation business

Council noted the previous decisions relating to our union’s name under amalgamation. A motion was passed to recognise the existing resolution of both previous Councils in favour of the name Together, and the discussions before the Industrial Relations Commis-sion. For a summary see the documents available on the Together website.

Together maintains an affiliation to the Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and Union Shopper.

The Secretary gave a report on office integration, not-ing that most of the office is now integrated. A new Mackay office of the union will soon be opened.

Core Collective agreement

The Core Public Service collective agreement will be up for renegotiation in 2012. Delegates in the Core have been authorised to organise, survey and set up union structures to determine logs of claims in their agencies, groups or authorities.

Climate Change

Together Council delegates welcomed the govern-mentís decision to put a price on carbon pollution and adopted a revised climate policy, to ensure that the package delivers for working people, our environment and the Queensland community.

LGBT Equality

Together Council delegates endorsed the position that Together supports and will advocate for equality for our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) members. This includes the legal right of all adult couples in Australia to be married if they so choose and for marriage to be recognised and registered by law in Australia regardless of the sexual orientation or gender

of the parties to the marriage.

Together Budget and AGM

The Together budget for the period 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 was submitted to Council and approved.

The first AGM for Together will be held at the next Council meeting on 29 November.

Regional Zones

Council voted to authorise a postal ballot of members on a revision of rules related to Re-gional Organising Committees. The proposed Regional Zones are aimed at building the abili-ties for regionally-based members to organise and act collectively.

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Ex-QPSU rules changes

Council delegates also voted to send to postal ballot a set of changes that had been made to the QPSU rules prior to the formation of Together that now need to be reauthorised by the Together Council.

Council Agenda reform

The Council Agenda Committee made a number of recommendations regarding reform of the formation of the agenda for future Council meetings.

These were accepted by Council.

Summary of the Together Council meeting

29 November 2011

Together Council met on Tuesday 29 November 2011. In attendance were the President, Secretary, the two Assistant Secretaries, the Minutes Secretary, 188 delegates and observers. Council met at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane.

The meeting was chaired by President Vivienne Doogan who acknowledged the traditional owners of the land, the Turrbul and Yuggera peoples.

Political engagement in the 2012 election

Council Delegates voted to engage with all Queensland political parties with elected representatives at the state or federal parliamentary level ñ ALP, LNP, Katterís Australia Party, and the Greens. The union will conduct a community and membership campaign to promote our position prior to the next state election. The union will not direct members on how to vote, or offer any financial or other resources to any political party.

Following the resolution by Council delegates, our union has been engaging with these politicians, around the following framework:

Protection and rights at work; Machinery of government;Wages policy; Public service management;

Budgetary policies.

A series of individual positions on these matters was considered and adopted by Council delegates, based on recommendations of members from individual agencies.

Thursday Island Community Health

Council delegates passed a motion calling attention to the poor state of community health facilities at Thurs-day Island, Torres Strait, and aiming for the facilities to be brought up to an appropriate culturally and socially acceptable standard.

Public Service Commission

Council delegates expressed a vote of no confidence in the operations of the Public Service Commission due to its failure to take an active role in upholding working conditions and management standards in the public service. The Secretary will be writing to the Commis-sion and the Premier to reflect delegatesí views on this matter.

Delegate Charter

The Delegate Charter is a result of earlier discussions at Council meetings about a delegate code of conduct. Council delegates voted to authorise the charter.

Employee assistance services

Council vote for a motion aimed at investigating the provision of employee assistance services to determine whether they are locally based with equitable and quality access to all employees regardless of geographic location.

Ombudsman’s report

Together Ombudsman, Mr Terry Hamilton, produced his final report for Council delegates after 8 years of service in the role. Council delegates thanked him for his dedication to the job.

Governance, rules changes and changes to standing orders

Via postal ballot, Council has voted to amend the Unionís rules. These amendments have been accepted by the Industrial Registry and the amended Rules are available on our union website. The standing orders were also amended via vote at the meeting.

A separate postal ballot of Council members was au-thorised, to determine sub-divisions and regional zones for Council delegate elections.

Council will next meet on Tuesday 27 March 2012.

Summary of the Together Council meeting

27 March 2012

Together Council met on Tuesday 27 March 2012. In attendance were the President, Secretary, the two Assistant Secretaries, the Minutes Secretary, 180 delegates, and observers. Council met at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane.

The meeting was chaired by President Vivienne Doogan who acknowledged the traditional owners of the land, the Turrbul and Yuggera peoples.

State election results and implications

An extensive discussion took place about the state elec-tion, the union’s Building Blocks campaign, and what direction the union would take following the change of government.

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Council endorsed a community campaign called “Working for Queenslanders” to promote the public’s understanding and support of the work undertaken by Together members in the public sector, funded by the public sector defence fund.

Delegates also endorsed a complimentary industrial campaign to protect members’ jobs and workloads within the public sector, and the seeking of ways to positively engage with the employer to identify possible efficiencies, enhancing our ability to negotiate with the government regarding their policy of reducing public sector waste.

The next meeting of Council will be called following the elections due for a new Council this year.

Collective bargaining

The Council meeting took place on the same day of meeting of delegates from the areas that were part of the Core Public Sector Departments agreement, which will expire in July this year.

Following the discussions of these delegates earlier in the day, the larger Council meeting endorsed the claims that delegates devel-oped and endorsed the adding to these claims specific to their agency or occupa-tional group.

In relation to collective bargaining, Coun-cil delegates moved that:

· “Together is committed to collective bargaining as the primary mechanism for setting wages and conditions because collective bargaining delivers better out-comes for members and allows members to have their say on their wages and conditions.

· “Together Council reaffirms the demo-cratic principle adopted by our union that members affected by a collective agree-ment will, with support from their delegates, determine the union’s policy and actions in relation to that collec-tive agreement.

· “Together supports the role of an independent, third-party umpire that has the power to set fair wages and conditions for a group of workers where agreement cannot be reached between the union and the employ-er through the collective bargaining process.”

Work-life balance

Council delegates authorised the conducting of a survey of members to assess member concerns and attitudes with respect to the changing nature of the workplace and the impacts on work-life balance and social, family and community responsibilities. This will inform the focus and priorities of the union in future campaigns.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reconciliation Action Plan

Council delegates endorsed the Reconciliation Action Plan for our union and authorised the Secretary to proceed with implementation of the plan.

Workers’ rights in Fiji

Council delegates passed a motion in support of the rights of union members and human rights in Fiji under the military regime. You can learn more about the ACTU campaign in support of workers’ human rights in Fiji here:

http://www.actu.org.au/media/mediareleases/Austra-lianGovernmentmustactinwakeofFijisrenewedclampon-humanandlabourrights.aspx

Financial reports

The financial reports for the months of July-December 2011 were adopted by this meeting. The Secretary gave a presentation on the effects of the Voluntary Separations Program (VSP) in the public sector, which

had led to the loss of members in some areas of the public sector.

Fair Work Australia jurisdiction

The Secretary gave a report to Council on negotiations with the CPSU-SPSF federal body over Together cover-age in certain areas that are covered by the Fair Work Australia federal jurisdiction.

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COLLECTIVE ISSUES

TOLAND Penny — ChairMcHUGH Annalisse — Deputy ChairEICKENLOFF Peter HARRIS Rod HEFFERNAN Michael O’DRISCOLL Paul ROBERTS Gary ROSS Simon BRYANT Errold KENNEDY Zoe

INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATION

WALSH Angela —Chair ABBOTT Sharon —Deputy ChairBARLEY Rachel BOOKER Ray O’SHANESY Jo THOMPSON Shanti TURNER Larry WATTS Marilyn ADAIR Pat

FINANCE

DEVEY Petee —ChairMURRAY Gordon — Deputy ChairBUCHANAN Ross EICKENLOFF Peter KEYS Peter McCOSKER Mark O’DRISCOLL Paul PEACOCK Barry STARKEY Mark BRYANT Errold

RULES

DONALD Sandy — ChairBROWN Cameron — Deputy ChairBUCHANAN Ross EICKENLOFF Peter ETTINGER Robert MURRAY Gordon O’DRISCOLL Paul RYAN-SYKES Matthew BRYANT Errold KENNEDY Zoe

AWARDS

MURRAY Gordon — ChairMILES Rod — Deputy ChairBAILEY Michelle BROWN Cameron EICKENLOFF Peter KEYS Peter McCOSKER Mark McHUGH Annalisse LOWRIE Christine

McFARLANE Ruth

STAFFING

SCOTT Alex — ChairO’SHANESY Jo — Deputy ChairBROWN Cameron BUCHANAN Ross GORDON Mark MILES Rod RYAN-SYKES Matthew THOMPSON Shanti McFARLANE Ruth COLLYER Christine

OMBUDSMAN

DOOGAN Vivienne — ChairHUNT Jason — Deputy ChairBUCHANAN Ross ETTINGER Robert MERARI-LYONS Judith MURRAY Gordon WILLETT Storm YATES Peter STARKEY Mark LOWRIE Christine

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

CATTACH Peter— ChairWALSH Angela — Deputy ChairEICKENLOFF Peter RYAN-SYKES Matthew TAYLOR John THOMPSON Shanti WALDER Kim HEATH Greg MELVILLE Barbara KENNEDY Zoe

2012

FLANDERS Kate — ChairO’DRISCOLL Paul — Deputy ChairBUCHANAN Ross WALDER Kim EICKENLOFF Peter REISENER Colleen TAYLOR John WALSH Angela ADAIR Pat COLLYER Christine

CLIMATE CHANGE

DOOGAN Vivienne — ChairIVISON Julie — Deputy Chairde GRAAF Henk HAMLEY Helen GRODECKI Andy O’SHANESY Jo ROSS Simon RYAN-SYKES Matthew

MELVILLE Barbara STARK Barry

REGIONAL ISSUES

MCFARLANE Ruth — ChairDONALD Sandy — Deputy ChairBROWN Cameron GREEN Deborah CRAIG Bruce KEYS Peter MCDONALD Tom MILMLOW CassandraBOCK Maree

SIZE AND STRUCTURE

O’DRISCOLL Paul — ChairMCFARLANE Ruth — Deputy ChairBRYANT Errold EICKENLOFF Peter DEVEY Peter HALL Kelleigh KENNEDY Zoe COLLYER Christine STARKEY Mark MEIN Geraldine BUCHANAN Ross IVISON Julie MUSTON Kerry WINES Brett

CORPORATE BRANDING

WALSH Angela — ChairBUCHANAN Ross — Deputy ChairCATTACH Peter GRODECKI Andrew IVISON Julie MCCOSKER Mark MCHUGH Annalisse MUSTON Kerry LOWRIE Christine COLLYER Christine MCFARLANE Ruth COMERFORD Janelle KENNEDY Zoe WINES Brett

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

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PRESIDENT

Vivienne Doogan

SECRETARY

Alex Scott

ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

Kate Flanders

Julie Bignell

DEPUTY SECRETARY

Kevin Place

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENTS

Ruth McFarlane

Sandy Donald

TREASURER

Peter Devey

ASSISTANT TREASURER

Gordon Murray

JUNIOR VICE-PRESIDENTS

Peter Cattach

Christine Collyer

Angela Walsh

Penny Toland

OTHER MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE

Sharon Abbott

Cameron Brown

Ross Buchanan

Janelle Comerford

Jason Hunt

Julie Ivison

Zoe Kennedy

Michael Markham

Annalisse McHugh

Rod Miles

Gavin Neville

Paul O’Driscoll

Jo O’Shanesy

Barry Stark

Mark Starkey

TOGETHER EXECUTIVE

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Sharon Abbott T T X T P X X T X

Julie Bignell T T X T T P T X T X

Cameron Brown T X T P T X T T X

Ross Buchanan Resigned Union

Peter Cattach T T X T P T X T X T X

Christine Collyer T T X T T P T X X T X

Janelle Comerford T T Parental Leave

Peter Devey T T X T T P T X T X

Sandy Donald T T T P T X T X

Vivienne Doogan T X T T P T X T X T X

Kate Flanders T T X T T P X X T X

Jason Hunt X T X T

Julie Ivison T T T P T X T X T X

Zoe Kennedy T T X T T P T X T X T X

Michael Markham T T X T T P T T X T

Ruth McFarlane T T X T T P X T T

Annalisse McHugh T T X T T P T X T

Rod Miles T T X T T P X T X T X

Gordon Murray T T X T P T X X T

Gavin Neville T T X

Paul O’Driscoll T T X T T P T X T X T X

Jo O’Shanesy T T X T P T X T X

Kevin Place T T X T T P T X X X

Alex Scott T T X T T P T X T X T X

Barry Stark T T X P X X T X

Mark Starkey T T X T P X T X

Penny Toland X X

Angela Walsh T X T T X X

1-Jul 4-Jul 2-Aug 15-Aug 23-Aug 12-Sep 25-Oct 2-Nov 23-Feb 6-Mar 18-May 5-Jun

T - denotes special meeting by Teleconference P - denotes Annual Executive Planning Day X - denotes regular Quarterly Executive Meeting

EXECUTIVE ATTENDANCE

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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF TOGETHER QUEENSLAND, UNION OF EMPLOYEES

HELD AT BRISBANE CONVENTION CENTRE CNR. MERIVALE & GLENELG STREETS, SOUTH BRISBANE

ON TUESDAY, 29TH NOVEMBER , 2011 AT 1.00 P.M.

The President acknowledged the traditional owners of the land on which this meeting was being held, namely the Turrubul and Yuggera people, and said she wished to pay her respects to the elders past and present of the traditional owners. The President then welcomed everyone present today to the first Annual General Meeting of Together. PRESENT: The President acknowledged the Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, delegates and members and thanked them for attending this 2011 Annual General Meeting of Together. The President also welcomed Mr. Paul Gallagher from BDO, the Union’s Auditors. 1. APOLOGIES

P. Adair, H. Bodnar, A. Coates, K. Belcham, M. Bock, S. Bonnick, L. Braund, S. Buchanan, D. Degney, M. Delongville, M. Driscoll, M. Dunford, T. Embrey, J. Farley, K. Faulkner, J. Guley, M. Haire, E. Hayton, G. Hewitson, A. Hickey, W. Hinton, A. Houlihan, P. Keys, C. Lowrie, M. Markham, S. Martin, A. Maxwell, M. McColl, K. McNulty, G. Medlin, C. Milmow, C. Mulvogue, A. Nicholls, S. Oriti, J. Pappani, L. Pickstone, J. Roberts, S. Ross, G. Seymour-Dearness, B. Stark, D. Sweeney, K. Tortely, R. Uhlmann, R. Walker, M. Weinert, B. Weir, S. Whittaker, D. Williams, D. Yusi.

The listed apologies were NOTED by the meeting. 2. RECEPTION AND NOTING OF THE MINUTES OF THE QPSU ANNUAL

GENERAL MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 11TH MAY, 2011 It was moved by P. O’Driscoll, seconded by A. Walsh –

"THAT THE MINUTES OF THE QPSU ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 11TH MAY, 2011 ARE RECEIVED."

CARRIED. The President said that as these were the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the QPSU, an organisation which no longer existed, they could only be noted by this Annual General Meeting of Together. It was moved by P. O’Driscoll, seconded b y A. Walsh –

"THAT THE MINUTES OF THE QPSU ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 11TH MAY, 2011 ARE NOTED."

CARRIED.

2 3. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES Mr. Collins said following the Secretary’s advice at the previous AGM that he was undertaking an investigation of the Rockampton ROC, could the Secretary now advise the meeting of his findings and whether the Rockhampton ROC is now fully functional as a result of the investigation. The Secretary said his report has been completed, but had not yet been provided to Executive. He said it would be provided to Executive and then to Council in the New Year. Mr. Collins spoke of the reference at Page 7 to industrial strike action being taken by the Union staff, and asked what the outcome of that had been. The Secretary said the staff had an entitlement to take the action that they had, and that as stated on the previous occasion, he was working with the Ombudsman Committee and the Staff Association to work through this issue. 3. CONSIDERATION OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND THE

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUDITOR It was moved by B. Mercer, seconded by T. McDonald –

"THAT THE QPSU STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND THE REPORT OF THE AUDITOR FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY, 2011 TO 30 JUNE, 2011 ARE RECEIVED.”

CARRIED. Foreshadowed Motion - Moved S. Curley, seconded H. Ryan-Sykes

“THAT THE QPSU FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE 1/1/11 TO 30/6/11 NOT BE ENDORSED UNTIL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE ACCOUNTS IS PROVIDED TO ALL TOGETHER QUEENSLAND UNION MEMBERS. THE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS IN RELATION TO: 1. WHO PREPARED THE QPSU FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE

1/1/11 TO 30/6/11.

2. THE NUMBER OF CREDIT CARDS ISSUED BY THE UNION AND A BREAKDOWN OF THE EXPENDITURE ON EACH CARD.

3. A BREAKDOWN OF THE AFFILIATION EXPENSES.

$399,349 $ 789,026 PAGE (p) 5

4. PROPERTY EXPENSES $730,551 & $1,697,538 p5.

5. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT

$242,502 & $284,081 p7.

6. ACQUISITION OF OTHER INVESTMENTS

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$989,206 & $787,364 p7.

7. OTHER INCOME $104,685 & $164,007 p15.

8. AFFILIATION EXPENSES

$266,400 & 547,397 p15.

9. AMALGAMATION EXPENSES $118,728 p15.

10. BAD DEBTS

$292,481 p15.

11. CPSU – SPSF QUEENSLAND BRANCH $290,081 p17.

12. ALBERT STREET LEASE

$120,667 & $133,334 p17.

13. PROVISION – BUILDING ALBERT ST $100,000 & $100,000 p21.

THAT THE AGM BE SUSPENDED UNTIL THE NEXT TOGETHER COUNCIL MEETING ON 27TH MARCH, 2012. THAT A NOTICE OF THE AGM BE GIVEN TO ALL UNION MEMBERS NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE RESUMPTION OF THE AGM ON 27TH MARCH, 2012, VIA E-MAIL. THE ADDITIONAL INFORMAITON REQUESTED IN THIS MOTION BE PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE RESUMPTION OF THE AGM.”

The President said the meeting would now have to debate whether or not it will note the QPSU financial statements. Ms. Doogan said with Mr. Curley’s foreshadowed motion, the meeting would debate whether it notes the statements or this AGM gets abandoned and we do the whole thing again next year. It was moved by P. Devey, seconded by G. Murray –

"THAT THE QPSU STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND THE REPORT OF THE AUDITOR FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY, 2011 TO 30 JUNE, 2011 ARE NOTED.”

Mr. Devey said he could not see anything in the foreshadowed motion that had not already been reported. He said he was at a loss to see what Mr. Curley was seeking. Mr. Devey said there was nothing in the statements in question that was not presently being reported in the Together financial statements.

4 PROCEDURAL MOTION It was moved by P. O’Driscoll –

“THAT THE MOTION BE PUT.” CARRIED. The following motion was then put to the meeting –

"THAT THE QPSU STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND THE REPORT OF THE AUDITOR FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY, 2011 TO 30 JUNE, 2011 ARE NOTED.”

CARRIED. The President said the financial statements were now concluded and there could be no further questions from the floor. Mr. Collins asked whether it was the President’s ruling that at any AGM from today no member could ask any questions about the financial statements. The President said that was her ruling in relation to these financial statements. Mr. Collins said he wished to move DISSENT FROM THE CHAIR’S RULING. The President then vacated the Chair, which was assumed by the Senior Vice-President, Dr. Donald. Dr. Donald said the motion now before the meeting was –

“THAT THE CHAIR’S RULING BE UPHELD.” The President said her ruling was because of the nature of the foreshadowed motion. Ms. Doogan said that answers to a number of Mr. Curley’s questions had previously been provided, and she asked members to support her ruling. Mr. Collins said members of Together Queensland had just heard from the President that they no longer have any right to ask questions about the financial statements of the Union. He said members are asked to accept the President’s ruling on their entitlement to ask questions regarding the financial performance of this union. Mr. O’Driscoll called for a point of order. He said the meeting was not talking about the financial statements of this union, but is in fact talking about the financial performance of the former QPSU. Mr. Collins asked where is the President’s authority in this. PROCEDURAL MOTION It was moved by C. Fox –

“THAT THE MOTION BE PUT.” CARRIED.

5 Mr. Collins said the meeting was being asked to accept something, without the President backing it up. He said members should have a chance to ask questions today. The motion “THAT THE CHAIR’S RULING BE UPHELD” was put to the meeting and CARRIED. The President then resumed the Chair. 4. APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR It was moved by P. Devey, seconded by A. Scott –

"THAT BDO ARE APPOINTED THE TOGETHER AUDITOR FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY, 2011 TO 30 JUNE, 2012.”

The Secretary advised that in relation to auditing work, BDO had been asked to undertake a process in relation to a review of our credit card process, and in respect to the review taken for the last six months of QPSU there had been no mis-use of cards.

He said the Auditors had been asked for an extensive review of our internal processes for credit card use within our organisation. H e said the Union has had internal processes in place, but BDO would also be advising us whether there are any external processes we need to undertake. The Secretary said he wanted it placed on record that the Union had asked BDO to undertake that extra work. The motion was put to the meeting and CARRIED. 5. APPOINTMENT OF RETURNING OFFICER It was moved by G. Murray, seconded by R. McFarlane –

"THAT MR. BRIAN MERRIN IS APPOINTED THE TOGETHER RETURNING OFFICER FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY, 2011 TO 30 JUNE, 2012.” CARRIED.

6 CONSIDERATION OF LIFE MEMBERSHIP RUTH McFARLANE It was moved by J. Bignell, seconded by Z. Kennedy –

"THAT MS. RUTH McFARLANE IS AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIP OF TOGETHER."

Ms. Bignell said Ms. McFarlane had been a member of the Australian Services Union for 24 years and a delegate for 16 years and was well known, not only in Central Queensland, but in all health services districts because of her sound practical advice. Ms. Bignell said that whilst Ms. McFarlane has a busy working life herself, her union work never stops, representing individual members and continually holding meetings of members.

6 Ms. Bignell spoke of Ms. McFarlane’s extensive work in the enterprise bargaining process and said that without Ruth’s diligence and commitment as a lead activist in Queensland Health, many non-clinical industrial issues would not have been dealt with, particularly for support staff. She said Ruth had accomplished many achievements throughout her years in the Union, including

1999 Australian Services Union Branch Councillor 2000 Australian Services Union Branch Executive 2003 Delegate at National Conference 2004 Vice President of the ASU (C&SQ Branch)

QHealth EB5 Negotiation Committee 2005 President of the Australian Services Union (C&SQ Branch) 2008 Emma Miller Recipient 2011 Australian Services Union (C&SQ) National Executive.

Ms. Bignell said Ruth was very active on the QCU Rockhampton Provincial Council,

holding Executive positions for a number of years, and working hard to ensure the success of the Provincial Council’s Labour Day celebrations. In 2006 Ruth represented the QCU on its delegation to China and in 2008 was voted the ASU Emma Miller recipient in recognition of her ongoing commitment to the union movement. Ms. Bignell said Ruth is a true activist and her efforts have ensured that Together in Central Queensland remains one of our largest membership areas outside South East Queensland. She said there were not too many people who have made such an impact on the working lives of our members. Ms. Kennedy said Ruth McFarlane had been an inspirational leader in the ASU and was incredibly supportive of young women in the Union. She said Ruth had always been someone to look up to and carries herself with dignity and respect. The motion was put to the meeting and CARRIED. MR. JIM GANNON It was moved by P. Cattach, seconded by S. Crundall –

"THAT MR. JIM GANNON IS AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIP OF TOGETHER."

Mr. Cattach said Mr. Gannon has been a member of our union in its many forms, namely QSSU, QPOA, SPSFQ, QPSU and now Together, since 1970, having started his working career in the Education Department, Townsville before transferring to Department of Primary Industries in Brisbane in 1974 and finally joining Queensland Health in 1982. Mr. Cattach said Jim’s commitment to members and building the strength of our union is extraordinary and he exampled the many areas of activism in which Jim has participated, also having been an active member of Council since 2004. He said Jim is a ‘grass roots’ delegate, with a determination to assist members to improve their working conditions, with his main focus being to educate members on how to increase and sustain their collective power in the workplace to achieve change. He said Jim’s involvement has

7 seen the workplace change from one of disempowered employees to an empowered union membership with increasing strength and a demonstrated commitment to collective action. Mr. Cattach said Jim Gannon has been instrumental in developing other activists and helping to develop state wide networks of activists and state wide communication structures that enable effective communication and empowered members in the workplace. Mr. Cattach said Jim’s most notable wins include the conversion of 19 temporary positions across the district within pathology to permanent positions – most by direct appointment or closed merit, and as a result of his lodging an industrial grievance against his Director and Laboratory Manager, local management dealings with the QPSU delegates improved dramatically. Mr. Cattach said Jim Gannon deserved to be made a life member as he has remained a committed unionist through diversity and has continuously demonstrated his commitment to organising in the workplace to improve the lives of union members within any areas that he has worked in. Mr. Curley said he wished to support the awarding of life membership to Mr. Gannon. The motion was put to the meeting and CARRIED. 7. GENERAL BUSINESS

7.1 MOTION SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS It was moved by T. Collins, seconded by G. Harper –

“THAT THE SECRETARY REPORT AT THIS YEAR’S AGM DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2011 ON:

1. UNION CLIMATE CONNECTORS AND OTHER GREEN CAMPAIGN

ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING STAFF SALARIES, PUBLICATIONS TRAVEL AND OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH “TOGETHER QUEENSLAND’S SPONSORSHIP OF CAMPAIGNS AND EVENTS); AND

2. DONATIONS OF GOODS, CASH OR SERVICES TO ENVIRONMENTAL

CAUSES.”

Mr. Collins said this motion was similar to one moved at the previous Annual General Meeting of the QPSU in Townsville in May this year, and he referred members to Page 12 of the Minutes of that meeting. He said on that occasion the motion was referred to Council, but had not been dealt with. He said he was here today to try to get it back on the table for this AGM. Mr. Collins said he had asked how much the Union was spending on this type of campaign, and was advised by the Assistant Treasurer last night that our Union does not provide itemised accounting in conjunction with campaigns or committees. Mr. Collins said in May the Council approved a carbon tax policy, and he has no difficulty with Council’s decision to uphold that policy, but there was no rider in that policy on

8 how much could be spent. He said the Council has handed our Executive a blank cheque. He said there were some examples here today that he could refer Council to. He said the travel report distributed today showed some 16 overseas or interstate trips between. . Mr. O’Driscoll called for a point of order, asking how staff travel had anything to do with climate change. However, the President ruled in favour of Mr. Collins continuing. Mr. Collins referred to two officers travelling to Jakarta in January for a ‘climate project’, which equated to four days away from the office. Mr. Collins said that, referring back to the motion, all he was asking for was some sort of accountability, and in terms of transparency and accountability, he would ask members to support this motion. The Secretary said he was against the motion, on the basis that the Finance Committee had sanctioned a number of the items of expenditure referred to by Mr. Collins. He said there was no reference point to account for how much time staff spent on particular issues. He said the Union had two staff members invited to attend the project in Jakarta. Mr. Scott said he would recommend that the meeting vote against this motion on the basis that it would otherwise continue to come up at Council. Ms. O’Shanesy said what we are talking about is climate change, and what members need to remember is that there will be no union, if we continue to destroy our planet. Ms. O’Shanesy referred to the need for the Union to have a policy in place to protect our planet and its people. Mr. Collins called for a point of order, stating that Ms. O’Shanesy was speaking about a policy the Union had already adopted. Ms. O’Shanesy said the Union has a Finance Committee, which she respects, and the Committee comprises members of the Union Council who inspect such statements on a regular basis. PROCEDURAL MOTION It was moved by P. O’Driscoll (????)

“THAT THE MOTION BE PUT.” CARRIED. Mr. Collins said the Secretary has come up with excuses why he cannot report the requested information, whereas the means are there to track these staff. He said Ms. O’Shanesy has spoken about the Finance Committee, but how can they make a decision when they don’t have the data. He said without that they waive any transparency or accountability. Mr. Collins said the Secretary has had 45 days notice of this motion to come up with the answers. The motion was put to the meeting and DEFEATED. The meeting closed at 1.55 pm.

Financial StatementS together Queensland, industrial Union of employees aBn 44 901 734 369Page 1

These statements are to be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes to the financial statements.

Accounting Officer’s Certificate

I, Alexander Patrick Scott, being the Secretary of Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees, certify that as at 30 June 2012:

1. Therewere40,327membersoftheUnion,ofwhom38,610werefinancialand1,717werenotfinancial.

2. InmyopiniontheaccountsshowatrueandfairviewoftheUnion’sfinancialaffairsat30June2012.

3. (a) A record was kept of all accounts paid by, or collected from the union members, and;

(b)allamountssopaidorcollectedhavebeencreditedtoafinancialinstitutionaccounttowhichtheamounts must be credited under the Union’s rules.

4. Each expenditure by the Union was approved under the Union’s rules before it was incurred.

5. No payments were made from a special account of the Union other than for the purpose for which the account was operated.

6. NoloanorotherfinancialbenefitsweregivenbytheUniontoitsemployeesorofficers.

7. The Union’s members’ register was kept under the Act.

Signed this Twenty-Sixth Day of September 2012.

Alexander Patrick Scott Secretary

Executive Committee Certificate

In accordance with Schedule 5, Part 2 of the Industrial Relations Regulation 2000 and in accordance with a resolution of the Executive Committee of Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees we state that in the opinion of the Executive Committee:

(a) theaccompanyingaccountsforthefinancialyearended30June2012showatrueandfairviewofthefinancialaffairsoftheUnionasattheendoftheyear;

(b) the organisation was solvent during the whole of the year;

(c) duringthefinancialyeartowhichtheaccountsrelate,meetingsoftheExecutiveCommitteewereheldunder the Union’s rules;

(d) no Executive Committee member knows if any of the Union’s records* or rules, or copies of them, have not been given to the Union’s members under the Industrial Relations Act 1999, this regulation or the rules as the case may be;

* a record does not include a document containing information given to a member of the Union under section 556 of the Act;

(e) theauditreportandaccountsfortheUnion’sfinancialyearimmediatelybeforetheyeartheaccountsareabout have been:

(a) presented to a presentation meeting of the Union under Section 565 of the Act and;

(b) given to its members under Section 566 of the Act.

Signed this Twenty-Sixth Day of September 2012.

Vivienne Joy Doogan Peter Devey President Treasurer

Statement of comprehensive income For the year-ended 30 June 2012

note 2012 2011 $ $

Revenue 4 12,544,572 - Other income 5 2,597,952 - Employee expenses 8 (11,770,083) - Affiliationexpenses 6 (288,725) - Computer expenses (89,819) - Conferences, seminars and functions costs (46,916) - Delegate expenses (257,509) - Depreciation and amortisation expense 15 (280,049) - Industrial expenses (642,146) - Insurance expense (127,171) - Membership expenses (146,995) - Motor vehicle expense (140,391) - Officesupplies (142,108) - Other expenses 7 (252,091) - Postal communications (220,670) - Professional expenses (229,140) - Promotional expenses (125,007) - Property expenses (2,104,027) - Subscription collection costs (70,984) - Telephone expenses (213,139) - Web and U-mail Expenses (202,986) -

Loss before financing income (2,207,432) -

Financial income 10 358,043 - Financial expenses 10 (49,586) -

Net financing income 308,457 -

loss before tax (1,898,975) - Income tax expense 1(m) - -

loss for the year (1,898,975) -

Other comprehensive income

Decrease in fair value of available-for-sale financialassets-QIC 19 (207,804) -

total comprehensive loss for the year (2,106,779) -

Statement of Financial Position as at 30 June 2012

assets

Cash and cash equivalents 11 1,309,445 - Trade and other receivables 12 395,050 - Held-to-maturity investments 13 477,991 -

total current assets 2,182,486 -

Available-for-salefinancialassets 13 11,679,894 - Other investments 13 75,100 - Property, plant and equipment 15 2,354,788 -

total non-current assets 14,109,782 -

Total assets 16,292,268 -

liabilities Trade and other payables 16 2,218,806 - Provisions 18 1,403,470 -

total current liabilities 3,622,276 -

Provisions 18 254,175 -

total non-current liabilities 254,175 -

note 2012 2011 $ $

total liabilities 3,876,451 - net assets 12,415,817 -

equity Fair value reserve 19 (207,804) - Accumulated funds 12,623,621 -

total equity 12,415,817 -

Statement of cash Flows For the year ended 30 June 2012

Cash flows from operating activities Cash receipts from customers 16,742,923 - Cash paid to suppliers and employees (18,628,854) - cash generated from operations (1,885,931) - Interest paid (49,586) - Net cash outflow from operating activities 25 (1,935,517) -

Cash flows from investing activities Transfer from QPSU 1 July 2011 2(a) 949,652 - Transfer from ASU C & SQ BRANCH 1 July 2011 2(b) 657,780 - Interest and distributions received 388,149 - Acquisition of property, plant and equipment (150,315) - Proceeds from sale of non current assets 8,182 - Redemption of other investments 1,391,514 - Net cash inflow from investing activities 3,244,962 -

Cash flows from financing activities Paymentoffinanceleaseliabilities - - Net cash inflow/(outflow) from financing activities - -

net increase in cash and cash equivalents 1,309,445 - Cash and cash equivalents at 1 July - cash and cash equivalents at period end 11 1,309,445 -

Statement of changes in equity For the year ended 30 June 2012

at 1 July 2010 - - -

total comprehensive income for the year Profit/(loss)fortheyear - - -

Other comprehensive income - - -

total comprehensive income for the year - - -

at 30 June 2011 - - -

total comprehensive income for the year Profit/(loss)fortheperiod (1,898,975) - (1,898,975)

Other comprehensive income

Changesinfairvaluesofavailable-for-salefinancialassets - (207,804) (207,804)

total comprehensive income for the year (1,898,975) (207,804) (2,106,779)

Contributions from transfer of net assets from QPSU 2(a) 14,296,043 - 14,296,043

Contributions from transfer of net assets from ASU C & SQ BRANCH 2(b) 226,553 - 226,553

at 30 June 2012 12,623,621 (207,804) 12,415,817

note accumulated Funds

$

Fair Value Reserve

$

total equity

$

(formerly Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, Central and Southern Queensland Clerical and Administration Branch, Union of Employees)

Statement of Financial Position (continued)

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Notes to the financial statements

corporate information

Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees (the “Union”) is domiciled in Australia. The Union’s principal place of business is Level 1, 27 Peel Street, South Brisbane Qld 4101.

ThefinancialstatementsoftheUnionwereauthorisedforissuebytheexecutivecommitteeontheTwenty-Sixth Day of September 2012.

TogetherQueensland,IndustrialUnionofEmployeesisanot-for-profitentityforthepurposesofpreparingthesefinancialstatements.

ThefinancialstatementsarepresentedinAustraliandollars.

The Union changed its name to Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees on 9 August 2011.

It had formerly been called the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, Central and Southern Queensland Clerical and Administrative Branch, Union of Employees.

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Statement of compliance

Thefinancialstatementsaregeneralpurposefinancialstatementswhichhavebeenpreparedinaccordance with Australian Accounting Standards, other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Industrial Relations Act 1999.

(b) Basis of preparation

Thefinancialstatementsarepreparedonahistoricalcostbasis,exceptforavailable-for-salefinancialassets that have been measured at fair value.

ThepreparationoffinancialstatementsinconformitywithAustralianAccountingStandardsrequiresmanagement to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making the judgements about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates. These accounting policies have been consistently applied by the Union.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Judgements made by management in the application of Australian Accounting Standards that have significanteffectonthefinancialstatementsandestimateswithasignificantriskofmaterialadjustmentinthe next year are discussed in Note 3.

The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in the financialstatements.

(c) Business combinations

The union is an amalgamation of the Queensland Public Sector Union of Employees, which was deregistered on 1 July 2011, and the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, Central and Southern Queensland Clerical and Administrative Branch, Union of Employees. All assets and liabilities of the QPSU were transferred to Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees on 1 July 2011.

IdentifiableassetsacquiredandliabilitiesassumedfromthetransferfromtheQPSUareinitiallymeasuredat their fair values at 1 July 2011.

(d) Property, plant and equipment

Land and buildings are measured at fair value less accumulated depreciation. Any accumulated depreciation at revaluation date is eliminated against the gross carrying amount of the asset and the net amount is restated as the revalued amount of the asset. A revaluation surplus is credited to other comprehensive income (Revaluation surplus) unless it reverses a revaluation decrease on the same asset previouslyrecognisedinprofitorloss.Arevaluationdeficitisrecognisedinprofitorlossunlessitdirectlyoffsets a previous revaluation surplus on the same asset in the asset revaluation surplus. On disposal, any revaluation surplus relating to sold assets is transferred to retained earnings. Independent valuations are performed regularly to ensure that the carrying amounts of land and buildings do not differ materially from that fair value at the end of the reporting period.

All other plant and equipment is stated at historical cost, including costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management, less depreciation and any impairment.

Leased assets Leases in terms of which the Union assumes substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classifiedasfinanceleases.Leasepaymentsareaccountedforasdescribedinaccountingpolicy(l).

Subsequent costs The Union recognises in the carrying amount of an item of property, plant and equipment the cost of replacingpartofsuchanitemwhenthatcostisincurredifitisprobablethatthefutureeconomicbenefitsembodiedwithintheitemwillflowtotheUnionandthecostoftheitemcanbemeasuredreliably.Allothercosts are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income as an expense as incurred.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged to the statement of comprehensive income on both a straight-line and diminishing basis over the estimated useful lives of each part of an item of property, plant and equipment. Land is not depreciated. The estimated useful lives in the current and comparative periods are as follows:

•buildings 25years •furnitureandfittings 4–12years •officeequipment 2-10years •motorvehicles 6years

Theresidualvalue,ifnotinsignificant,isreassessedannually.

(e) Investments and other financial assets

Allinvestmentsandotherfinancialassetsareinitiallystatedatcost,beingthefairvalueofconsiderationgiven plus acquisition costs. Purchases and sales of investments are recognised on trade date which is the date on which the Union commits to purchase or sell the asset. Accounting policies for each category of investmentsandotherfinancialassetssubsequenttoinitialrecognitionaresetoutbelow.

Held-to-maturity investments

Held-to-maturityinvestmentsarenon-derivativefinancialassetswithfixedordeterminablepaymentsandfixedmaturitiesthattheUnionhasthepositiveintentionandabilitytohold-to-maturityandaremeasuredatamortised cost subsequent to initial recognition using the effective interest method. If the Union were to sell otherthananinsignificantamountofheld-to-maturityinvestments,thewholecategoryisthenreclassifiedas available-for-sale.

Available-for-salefinancialassets

Available-for-salefinancialassetscompriseinvestmentsinlistedentitiesandareclassifiedasnon-currentassets (unless management intends to dispose of the investment within 12 months of the end of the reporting period). After initial recognition, these investments are measured at fair value with gains or losses recognised in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale investments reserve). Where there is asignificantorprolongeddeclineinthefairvalueofanavailable-for-salefinancialasset(whichconstitutesobjective evidence of impairment) the full amount including any amount previously charged to other comprehensiveincomeisrecognisedinprofitorloss.Purchasesandsalesofavailable-for-salefinancialassets are recognised on settlement date with any change in fair value between trade date and settlement date being recognised in other comprehensive income. On sale, the amount held in available-for-sale reservesassociatedwiththatassetisrecognisedinprofitorlossasareclassificationadjustment.Interestoncorporatebondsclassifiedasavailable-for-saleiscalculatedusingtheeffectiveinterestratemethodandisrecognisedinfinanceincomeinprofitorloss.

In measuring fair value, revaluation increments are recognised in the fair value reserve except that amounts reversing a decrement previously recognised as an expense are recognised as revenues. Revaluation decrements are offset against revaluation increments.

(f) Trade and other receivables

Trade and other receivables are stated at their cost less impairment losses (see accounting policy (h)).

(g) Cash and cash equivalents

For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand and atbank,depositsheldatcallwithfinancialinstitutions,othershortterm,highlyliquidinvestmentswithmaturities of three months or less, that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subjecttoaninsignificantriskofchangesinvalueandbankoverdrafts.

(h) Impairment

The carrying amounts of the Union’s assets are reviewed at each balance sheet date to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, the asset’s recoverable amount is estimated (see below).

An impairment loss is recognised whenever the carrying amount of an asset or its cash-generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount. Impairment losses are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income, unless an asset has previously been revalued, in which case the impairment loss is recognised as areversaltotheextentofthatpreviousrevaluationwithanyexcessrecognisedthroughprofitorloss.

Impairmentlossesrecognisedinrespectofcash-generatingunitsareallocatedfirsttoreducethecarryingamount of any goodwill allocated to cash-generating units (group of units) and then, to reduce the carrying amount of the other assets in the unit (group of units) on a pro rata basis.

Whenadeclineinthefairvalueofanavailable-for-salefinancialassethasbeenrecogniseddirectlyin equity and there is objective evidence that the asset is impaired, the cumulative loss that had been

recogniseddirectlyinequityisrecognisedinprofitorlosseventhoughthefinancialassethasnotbeenderecognised.Theamountofthecumulativelossthatisrecognisedinprofitorlossisthedifferencebetweentheacquisitioncostandcurrentfairvalue,lessanyimpairmentlossonthatfinancialassetpreviouslyrecognisedinprofitorloss.

Reversals of impairment An impairment loss in respect of a held-to-maturity security or receivable carried at amortised cost is reversed if the subsequent increase in recoverable amount can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognised.

Animpairmentlossinrespectofaninvestmentinanequityinstrumentclassifiedasavailableforsaleisnotreversedthroughprofitorloss.Ifthefairvalueofadebtinstrumentclassifiedasavailable-for-saleincreases and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss wasrecognisedinprofitorloss,theimpairmentlossshallbereversed,withtheamountofthereversalrecognisedinprofitorloss.

An impairment loss is reversed only to the extent that the asset’s carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depreciation or amortisation, if no impairment loss had been recognised.

(i) Employee benefits

Defined contribution plans Obligationsforcontributionstodefinedcontributionretirementplansarerecognisedasanexpenseinthestatement of comprehensive income as incurred.

Long-term service benefits TheUnion’snetobligationinrespectoflong-termservicebenefitsistheamountoffuturebenefitthatemployees have earned in return for their service in the current and prior periods. The obligation is calculated using expected future increases in wage and salary rates including related on-costs and expected settlement dates, and is discounted using the rates attached to the Commonwealth Government bonds at the balance sheet date which have maturity dates approximating to the terms of the Union’s obligations.

Wages, salaries, annual leave and non-monetary benefits Liabilitiesforemployeebenefitsforwages,salariesandannualleavethatareexpectedtobesettledwithin 12 months of the reporting date represent present obligations resulting from employees’ services provided to reporting date, are calculated at undiscounted amounts based on remuneration wage and salary rates that the Union expects to pay as at reporting date including related on-costs, such as workers compensation insurance and payroll tax.

Non-accumulatingnon-monetarybenefits,suchascarsandfreeorsubsidisedgoodsandservices,areexpensedbasedonthenetmarginalcosttotheUnionasthebenefitsaretakenbytheemployees.

(j) Trade and other payables

Trade and other payables are stated at cost.

(k) Revenue

Member subscriptions Revenue from member subscriptions is recognised on a cash basis in accordance with the Industrial Relations Act 1999.

Rental income Rental income from investment property is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

Interest Income Interest income is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income as it accrues, using the effective interest method.

(l) Expenses

Finance lease payments Minimumleasepaymentsareapportionedbetweenthefinancechargeandthereductionoftheoutstandingliability.Thefinancechargeisallocatedtoeachperiodduringtheleasetermsoastoproducea constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Net financing costs Netfinancingcostscompriseinterestpayableonborrowingscalculatedusingtheeffectiveinterestmethod,otherfinancechargesrelatingtoborrowingsandinterestreceivableonfundsinvested.

TheinterestexpensecomponentoffinanceleasepaymentsisrecognisedintheStatementof Comprehensive Income using the effective interest method.

(m) Income tax

The Union is exempt from income tax by virtue of Section 50-15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(n) Goods and services tax

Revenue, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST), except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the taxation authority. In these circumstances, the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense.

Receivables and payables are stated with the amount of GST included. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the ATO is included as a current asset or liability in the statement of financialposition.

(o) Adoption of new and revised Accounting Standards

new and amended standards and interpretations

Severalnewandamendedstandardsandinterpretationshavebecomemandatoryforthefirsttimeforthe period beginning 1 July 2011. The adoption of these standards and interpretations did not have any material impact on the current or any prior period and is not likely to materially affect future periods.

(p) Current liabilities

The current liabilities of the Union include the annual leave liability of $1,300,391 (per Note 16) and the long service leave provision of $1,303,470 (per Note 18). Neither of these liabilities are expected to have a significantimpactoncashflowsintheyear-ended30June2013andarethereforenotdeemedtoimpactthe Union’s ability to meet their debts as and when they fall due.

2. transfer of assets and liabilities on 1 July 2011

Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees (Together) was formed from an amalgamation of The Queensland Public Sector Union of Employees (QPSU) and the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, Central and Southern Queensland Clerical and Administrative Branch, Union of Employees (AMACSU) on 1 July 2011.

The scheme of amalgamation required that AMACSU was the host union and as such the QPSU was deregistered and all assets and liabilities of the QPSU were transferred to Together at their carrying values on 1 July 2011 for $nil consideration. Some of the net assets of the federally registered union, Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, Central and Southern Queensland Clerical and Administrative Branch (ASU C & SQ Branch) were also transferred to Together on 1 July 2011 for $nil consideration.

(a) Net assets transferred from QPSU

Details of the net assets transferred from QPSU on 1 July 2011 are as follows:

Fair value $

Cash and cash equivalents 949,652 Trade and other receivables 315,479 Held-to-maturity investments 1,587,296 Available-for-salefinancialassets 12,169,907 Otherfinancialinvestments 75,100 Property, plant and equipment 2,494,412 Trade and other payables (2,048,126) Provisions (1,247,677) Netidentifiableassetsandliabilities 14,296,043

These net assets were transferred from QPSU for $nil consideration.

(b) Net assets transferred from ASU C & SQ Branch

Details of the net assets transferred from ASU C & SQ Branch on 1 July 2011 are as follows:

Fair value $

Cash and cash equivalents 657,780 Trade and other payables (236,983) Provisions (194,244) Netidentifiableassetsandliabilities 226,553

These net assets were transferred from ASU C & SQ Branch for $nil consideration.

The difference between cash assets and liabilities transferred relates to compensation for the sick leave provision of $226,553 relating to the employees transferred on 1 July 2011. This sick leave provision does notmeettheaccountingstandardsdefinitionofaprovision.ItisthereforenotrecognisedintheStatementof Financial Position of Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees.

3. Accounting estimates and judgements

Critical judgements The Executive Committee have made the following key judgement when applying the Union’s accounting policies:

Impairment of available-for-sale financial assets The fair value reserve at 30 June 2012 is a debit balance, indicating that the fair value is below cost. TheExecutiveCommitteehavedeterminedthatthisfallinfairvalueisnotsignificantorprolongedandistherefore not determined to be impaired.

2012 2011 $ $

4. Revenue Members subscriptions 12,374,845 - Memberssubscriptions–CampaignLevy 169,727 - 12,544,572 -

5. Other income Service income 2,345,911 - Building income (96 Albert Street) 80,000 - Profitonsaleofnoncurrentassets 240 - Other income 171,801 - 2,597,592 -

6. Affiliation expenses Brisbane Labour History Association 50 - Interlock 1,651 - PPC Worldwide Pty Ltd 1,040 - Queensland Council of Unions 212,949 - QueenslandCouncilofUnions–ProvincialCouncils 370 - Union Shopper 72,665 - Totalaffiliationfees 288,725 -

7. Other expenses

Amalgamation expenses 19,129 - Impairmentexpenses/Lossonsaleofnoncurrentassets 1,949 - Donations and grants 13,375 - General administrative expenses 217,638 - 252,091 -

8. employee expense

Wages and salaries 9,491,864 - Superannuation contributions 1,335,556 - Payroll tax 515,593 - Ombudsman 6,253 - Honoraria * 52,977 - Increase in liability for long service leave 215,722 - Increase in liability for annual leave 12,263 - Fringebenefitstax 81,804 - Training - staff 58,051 - 11,770,083 -

*HonorariaarepaidtoholdersofofficeintheUnion

9. Auditors’ remuneration

audit services Auditors of the Company BDO Audit Pty Ltd:Auditoffinancialreports 28,079 - 28,079 -

10. Net financing income

Interest income 85,491 - Distributions–QIC 272,552 - Financial income 358,043 -

QIC administration charges (49,586) - Financial expenses (49,586) -

Netfinancingincome 308,457 -

2012 2011 $ $

11. cash and cash equivalents

Cash at hand 1,810 - Cash at bank 1,307,635 - 1,309,445 -

Reconciliation of cash Theabovefiguresarereconciledtothecashattheend ofthefinancialyearasshownintheStatementofCashFlowsasfollows: Balances as above 1,309,445 - Balances per Statement of Cash Flows 1,309,445 -

12. trade and other receivables

Trade receivables 40,112 - Other receivables 12,483 - Prepayments 342,104 - Deposits 350 - 395,049 -

Note: Receivables transferred from QPSU on 1 July 2011 totalled $315,478. (Refer Note 2).

Age analysis of trade receivables that are past due but not impaired at the reporting date

2012 2011

13. Financial investments

Current financial investments

2012 2011 $ $

Heldtomaturityinvestments–termdeposits 477,991 - 477,991 -

Non-current financial investments

Available-for-salefinancialassets–unlistedequitysecurities11,679,894 - Available-for-salefinancialassets-unitspropertytrust75,100 - 11,754,994 -

14. Operating lease – sub lease receivables

The union has sub-let Level 3, 96 Albert Street to Performing Arts Education Pty Ltd

2012 2011 $ $

Less than one year 46,667 - Betweenoneandfiveyears - - Morethanfiveyears - - 46,667 -

$ $ $ $ $ $

Not past due Past due [30] days Past due [30-45] days Past due [45-60] days Past due [>60] days

total

Total Amount Amount not Impaired Impaired

Total Amount Amount not Impaired Impaired

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40,112

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40,112

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15. Property, plant and equipment

Note Land Buildings Furniture Office Motor and fittings equipment Vehicles Total

cost

Balance at 1 July 2010 Additions Disposals Balance at 30 June 2011 Balance at 1 July 2011 Transfer from QPSU 2

Additions Disposals Balance at 30 June 2012

Depreciation and amortisation Balance at 1 July 2010 Depreciation and amortisation charge for the year Disposals Balance at 30 June 2011 Balance at 1 July 2011 Depreciation charge for the period Disposals Balance at 30 June 2012

carrying amounts At 1 July 2010 At 30 June 2011

At 1 July 2011 At 30 June 2012

19. Fair Value Reserve (continued)

On 30 June 2011 the QPSU held the following investments with the Queensland Investment Corporation.

Fund No of Units Unit Price ($) Market Value ($)

Cash Enhanced Fund 1,265,872.7656 1.049421 1,328,433.46

Growth Fund 6,882,948.5948 0.820055 5,644,396.41

Growth Fund 6,337,474.4578 0.820055 5,197,077.62

The total market value was $12,169,907.49. These funds were transferred to the union on 1 July 2011. (Note 2).

During the year distributions were made from these funds. These distributions were reinvested within the respec-tive funds, hence the growth in the number of units. A redemption totalling $500,000 was made from a growth fund on 1 June 2012.

At 30 June 2012 the union holds the following investments with the Queensland Investment Corporation.

Fund No of Units Unit Price ($) Market Value ($)

Cash Enhanced Fund 1,308,817.321827 1.045537 1,368,416.94

Growth Fund 7,441,757.737115 0.758432 5,644,067.20

Growth Fund 6,154,025.831662 0.758432 4,667,410.12

The total market value is $11,679,894.26.

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1,050,000

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1,050,000

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- 1,050,000

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471,857

52,051 (3,068)

520,840

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176,755 (1,120)

175,635

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- 345,205

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700,000

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700,000

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28,000 -

28,000

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26,258

3,360 -

29,618

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6,826 -

6,826

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- 22,792

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246,297

94,904 (9,849)

331,352

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68,468 (1,907) 66,561

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- 264,791

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2,494,412

150,315 (12,917)

2,631,810

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280,049 (3,027)

277,022

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- 2,354,788

16. trade and other payables

note 2012 2011 $ $

current trade and other payables

Trade payables 118,939 - Other payables 606,183 - Levies liability 23 193,293 - Liability for annual leave 1,300,391 - 2,218,806 -

Note: Payables transferred from QPSU on 1 July 2011 totalled $2,048,126 (refer Note 2 (a)) and payables transferred from ASU C & SQ BRANCH on 1 July 2011 totalled $236,983 (refer Note 2 (b)).

17. lease commitments

Operating lease commitments

The union leases 1,146 m2 on levels 3 and 5 at 96 Albert Street.

Less than one year 479,450 - Betweenoneandfiveyears - - Morethanfiveyears - - 479,450 -

The union leases 1,096 m2 on levels1 and 3 at 27 Peel Street.

Less than one year 519,843 - Betweenoneandfiveyears 545,835 - Morethanfiveyears - - 1,065,678 -

18. Provisions

current

note 2012 2011 $ $

Liability for long service leave 1,303,470 - Provision–Buildings-AlbertSt–MakeGood 100,000 - 1,403,470 -

non current

Liability for long service leave 254,175 - 254,175 -

Note: Provision of $1,147,677 for long service leave was transferred from QPSU on 1 July 2011, as was the$100,000Provision–Buildings-AlbertSt–MakeGood(refertoNote2(a)). Provision of $194,244 for long service leave was transferred from ASU C & SQ BRANCH on 1 July 2011 (refer to Note 2(b)).

19. Fair Value Reserve

The fair value reserve comprises changes in the fair value of available-for-sale investments that are recognisedinothercomprehensiveincomeandarerecognisedinprofitandlosswhentheinvestmentsare sold or impaired.

Fair value reserve Fair value reserve at start of period - - Movements in reserves for the year Availableforsalefinancialassets–QICinvestment (207,804) - Balance at period end (207,804) -

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20. Financial instruments

Credit risk Atthebalancesheetdatetherewerenosignificantconcentrationsofcreditrisk.Themaximumexposuretocreditriskisrepresentedbythecarryingamountofeachfinancialassetinthebalancesheet.

effective interest rates and repricing analysis Inrespectofincome-earningfinancialassetsandinterest-bearingfinancialliabilities,thefollowingtableindicatestheireffectiveinterestratesatthebalancesheetdateandtheperiodsinwhichtheyreprice.

2012 2011 note effective total 1 year 1-2 2-5 more than effective total 1 year 1-2 2-5 more than interest years years 5 years interest years years 5 years rate rate

Financial assets Term deposits held-to-maturity* Trade and other receivables Cash and cash equivalents

*Theseassetsbearinterestatafixedrate.

4.14%

2.06%

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477,991 395,049

1,309,445 2,182,485

725,122 725,122

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20. Financial instruments (continued)

Fair values

ThecarryingamountsoffinancialassetsandliabilitiesrecognisedinthebalancesheetoftheUnionapproximate their net fair values

estimation of fair values

The following summarises the major methods and assumptions used in estimating the fair values of financialinstruments:

Trade and other receivables/ payables Forreceivables/payableswitharemaininglifeoflessthanoneyear,thenotionalamountisdeemedtoreflectfairvalue.Allotherreceivables/payablesarediscountedtodeterminefairvalue.

Held to maturity investments – term deposits Thefairvalueisbasedondiscountedexpectedfuturecashflowsatcontractedrates.

Available-for-sale financial assets – QIC investment Fair value is based on current investment fund unit rates at the balance sheet date without any deduction for transaction costs.

Unlisted equity securities available for sale The fair value is based on market prices determined by reference to recent transactions.

Finance lease liabilities Thefairvalueisestimatedasthepresentvalueoffuturecashflows,discountedatmarketinterestrates.

21. capital and other commitments

note 2012 2011 $ $

employee compensation commitments Key management personnel

Commitments under non-cancellable employment contracts not provided for in the financial statements and payable:

Within one year 822,250 - Oneyearorlaterandnolaterthanfiveyears 1,706,340 - Laterthanfiveyears - - 2,528,590 -

The Rules of Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees call for elections for the positions of Secretary and Assistant Secretaries in 2015.

22. contingencies

The executive committee are of the opinion that provisions are not required in respect of these matters, asitisnotprobablethatafuturesacrificeofeconomicbenefitswillberequired.

2012 2011 $ $

Contingent liabilities considered remote Guarantees Commonwealth Bank of Australia 205,000 -

23. Other levies

The Union arranged for insurance to be provided for certain sections of the membership in Queensland Health, Queensland Education and the Department of Housing. The insurance was to be offset by compulsory levies imposed on those members to whom the insurance cover was available.

The balance of the Professional Indemnity Levy account as at 30 June 2012 was $162,447.92 (QPSU’s books on 30 June 2011: $149,983). This balance is retained to help offset any potential future increases in premiums upon renewal of the policy.

23. Other levies (continued)

2012 2011 $ $

Balance transferred from QPSU 1 July 2011 149,983 - Levy collected 139,057 - Insurance premium paid (126,592) - Balance at period end 162,448 -

The Union arranged for insurance to be provided for membership in the Department of Corrective Services. This is offset by compulsory levies imposed on those members to whom the insurance cover was available.

The balance of the Custodial Corrections Legal Insurance account as at 30 June 2012 was $30,845. (QPSU’s books on 30 June 2011: ($11,151)). This balance is retained to help offset any potential future increases in premiums upon renewal of the policy.

2012 2011 $ $

Balance transferred from QPSU 1 July 2011 (11,151) - Levy collected 157,153 - Insurance premium paid (115,157) - Balance at period end 30,845 -

24. Industrial Relations Act 1999

In accordance with the requirements of the Industrial Relations Act 1999 the attention of the members is drawn to the provisions of section 556, subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) which read as follows:

(1) A member of an organisation may apply to the organisation for information that it must under a regulation, give its members.

(2) An application may be made by the registrar for a member.

(3) The organisation must give the member or, if the registrar applied for a member, the registrar, the information applied for in the way prescribed under a regulation.

(4) If the information is given to the registrar , the registrar must give the information to the member for whom the registrar made the application.

477,991 395,049

1,309,445 2,182,485

725,122 725,122

Financial liabilities Trade payables

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25. Reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities

note 2012 2011 $ $

Cash flows from operating activities Loss for the period (1,898,975) -

Adjustments for: Depreciation 15 280,049 - Loss on sale of non current assets 1,709 - Investment income (388,149) -

(2,005,366) - Operating loss before changes in working capital and provisions (Increase) in trade and other receivables 12 (79,571) - (Decrease) in trade and other payables 16 (66,303) - Increase in provisions 18 215,723 - net cash from operating activities (1,935,517) -

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

To the members of Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees

Report on the Financial Report

WehaveauditedtheaccompanyingfinancialreportofTogetherQueensland,IndustrialUnionofEmployees,whichcomprisesthestatementoffinancialpositionasat30June2012,thestatementofcomprehensiveincome,thestatementofchangesinequityandthestatementofcashflowsfortheyearthenended,notescomprisingasummaryofsignlficantaccountingpoliciesandotherexplanatoryinformation,andtheExecutiveCommittee’scertificate.

Executive Committee’s Responsibility for the Financial Report

TheExecutiveCommitteeareresponsibleforthepreparationofthefinancialreportthatgivesatrueandfair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Industrial Relations Act 1999, and for such internal control as the Executive Committee determine is necessary to enable the preparation of thefinancialreportthatgiveatrueandfairviewandisfreefrommaterialmisstatement,whetherduetofraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Ourresponsibilityistoexpressanopiniononthefinancialreportbasedonouraudit.Weconductedouraudit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonableassuranceaboutwhetherthefinancialreportisfreefrommaterialmisstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures inthefinancialreport.Theproceduresselecteddependontheauditor’sjudgement,includingtheassessmentoftherisksofmaterialmisstatementofthefinancialreport,whetherduetofraudorerror.Inmaking those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation andfairpresentationofthefinancialreportinordertodesignauditproceduresthatareappropriateinthe circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the Executive Committee, as well as evaluating the overallpresentationofthefinancialreport.

Webelievethattheauditevidencewehaveobtainedissufficientandappropriatetoprovideabasisforour audit opinion.

independence

In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Australian professional accounting bodies.

Opinion

Inouropinion,thefinancialreportpresentsfairly,inallmaterialrespects,thefinancialpositionofTogetherQueensland,IndustrialUnionofEmployeesasat30June2012,anditsfinancialperformanceandcashflowsfortheyearthenendedinaccordancewithAustralianAccountingStandardsandIndustrialRelationsAct 1999.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY PAUL GALLAGHER TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF TOGETHER QUEENSLAND, INDUSTRIAL UNION OF EMPLOYEES

As lead auditor of Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees for the year ended 30 June 2012, I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been no contraventions of:

•theauditorindependencerequirementsoftheCorporationsAct2001inrelationtotheaudit;and

•anyapplicablecodeofprofessionalconductinrelationtotheaudit.

Amalgamation makes us stronger

We started the financial year as a larger, stronger union as a result of the decision made by members of the Queensland Public Sector Union and the Australian Services Union Central and Southern Queensland branch (AMACSU) to amalgamate. With approximately 40,000 members state wide our new union is one of the largest and strongest in Queensland.

To ensure our new union remains strong, effective and able to stand up for workers in the public sector, the deed for the amalgamation ensures that the amalgamated union will not be affiliated to any political party; and members of the amalgamated union maintain full control of the existing assets that belonged to QPSU and AMACSU members in Queensland prior to the amalgamation. By growing stronger through the amalgamation and remaining politically neutral Together has the resources to take on a state government (of any political complexion) that is increasingly hostile towards public sector workers.

Our union now has more resources to run successful campaigns to protect workers jobs, rights and conditions and to win for members. These resources have been essential in this financial year to support major bargaining campaigns in Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Health and the Core public service. In particular, in the Health EB8 campaign the removal of the competitive unionism that existed between the two unions prior to amalgamation made the campaign much more effective with more efficient use of resources.

More importantly, we have had the resources to fight back against the Newman government’s attacks on the public service and Queensland’s public services.

We were one of the first unions, along with United Voice, to move to a name that is not an acronym. The name of our new amalgamated union, Together, celebrates the core values of what it means to be a union member. A union is a group of workers who work together to achieve what we can’t achieve on our

own. As a union our victories and successes have been determined by our ability to bring people together.

Together will continue to be judged on our ability to win campaigns, improve workers lives and provide support for members. We will continue to work to make our union the strongest in the state. Together we are stronger.

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The first Together Executive meeting

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Health – HPEB2

In August 2011 the second Health Practitioners’ Enterprise Agreement, or HPEB2, was sent to ballot by the employer having been endorsed by HP delegates in the previous financial year.

HPEB2 won an agreed wage rise of 3% + 3% + 3% for HPs at Queensland Health. It followed extensive joint campaigning with United Voice including a one day strike in the previous financial year.

HPs were the first group of Australian workers to break the national agreement that state government Ministers had made to offer only 2.5% a year wage rise to public sector workers. Our campaign efforts countered the employer’s bid for cuts to clinical education allowance, a progression barrier to be introduced at HP3.2, and removal of the indexation of radiation therapy development allowance.

Health – EB8

The joint campaign for a new collective agreement for workers in the AO, TO, PO, DO or OO streams in Queensland Health brought together members of the QPSU, ASU (now amalgamated to form Together) and United Voice unions – because Health workers are stronger together. This campaign united members of the three unions in recruiting, planning and working for a better future in Queensland Health.

After a fantastic campaign by members including dental assistants, pharmacy assistants, medical administrative staff, research officers, dentists, home care workers and ward clerks, members voted to accept the Queensland Health offer which included a 3% wage rise per year for 3 years with the lowest paid members earning pay rises of up to 3.8% via the $30 a week wage rise.

Over a period of months members undertook collective actions such as EB8 Workers recognition week activities, hundreds of work bans throughout the state and stop work meetings in support of their claims culminating in a massive rally at Parliament House in October. The sustained pressure of this action by members forced Queensland Health to improve their offer for EB8 members.

TMR – EDA7

Early in 2011, Union Council delegates endorsed a campaign strategy to seek a single collective agreement for all Transport and Main Roads workers for the next 3 years. The Main Roads collective agreement (EDA7) expired 30 June 2011.

After collective action by TMR members in early June 2011, TMR management finally tabled a formal offer to the unions. Union members across the state overwhelmingly voted to reject the first few offers from TMR and to take action to convince the department and government negotiators that TMR workers deserved better than what they were offering. The first of these protected actions was a lunchtime event in mid July.

After further negotiations failed, members determined to hold a 5 hour stop work action and picket key sites around the state on 2 August to demonstrate to TMR that a 13 month offer, that was less than what was offered to other workers, was not a fair deal. At the same time, union negotiators sought the assistance of the QIRC to conciliate the negotiations and help the parties reach an agreement.

When agreement could not be reached through conciliation by mid September, union negotiators asked the QIRC to refer the matter to arbitration.

In December TMR indicated that they wished to utilise a provision of the Core EB Agreement to transfer all employees of the five ‘core’ divisions of the department into EDA7. Together negotiators sought and got commitments that these employees would not lose any entitlements and conditions. Together TMR council delegates voted to support the move as it resulted in the achievement of one of the cornerstone issues of the campaign - harmonisation of wages and conditions under a single collective agreement.

The arbitration process was still ongoing as at 30 June 2012.

Core Collective Agreement – Together Bargaining 2012

The biggest collective agreement in our union membership area is the State Government departments Certified Agreement, covering 52,000 workers. The current agreement is due to expire on 31 July 2012.

In preparation for negotiations, union members were surveyed about what they wanted to see changed or improved in this round of bargaining. Delegates from across all government agencies covered by the agreement met in Brisbane in March 2012 to review the results of the member surveys and phone polls and created our log of claims. This log of claims was presented to government in April.

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The Together negotiating team of Union President, Vivienne Doogan, Director of Industrial Services, Michael Thomas and Project Officer, Dan Goldman then commenced negotiations with government representatives from the Public Service Commission.

A Steering Committee of delegates from across every department covered by the agreement is meeting weekly after each negotiation to debrief on the negotiations and inform the strategy between meetings.

While negotiations were in progress the government was cutting temporary jobs.

The government served their “offer” directly to staff on 15 June via Directors-General as well as at the negotiating table. Their appalling offer sought to strip conditions such as job security, workload management and consultation out of the agreement, offered a low wage rise of 2.2% per year, and also put a complete freeze on increments for the life of the agreement. If this offer was to stand it would mean many public servants were taking a real wages cut. The freeze on pay increments would mean some workers would have lost out on tens of thousands dollars over the life of the agreement.

The Costello Commission of Audit interim report was released on the same day as the government provided its “offer” to the Core. After constant criticism of the Audit report by Together, the Premier announced that “Queensland has 20,000 more public servants than it can afford”, flagging that there would be massive cuts to the public service.

Delegates are currently running meetings across the state asking members to vote on this offer. Given the stance of the Government in these negotiations we know it will take thousands of members being involved in the campaign to shift the Government to a position where they make a reasonable offer.

Building Blocks Campaign

The election victory by the LNP on 24 March 2012 – the largest in Queensland’s history – was secured after they had given firm and repeated commitments to Together members and all Queenslanders that they would respect the public sector, ensure employment security, and offer fair wages in collective bargaining.

Together members asked all major political parties in Queensland to commit to their public service policy in the Queensland election in March 2012. Each of the ALP, LNP, Katter’s Australia Party and the Greens were offered the opportunity to set out their vision for the public service in detail. All of the parties took advantage of this opportunity to give a detailed response with specific commitments on how they would deal with the public sector if returned to office.

The four party leaders each provided a written response as well as a video message to inform members what their policies were. In addition to these materials posted to all Together members, the matter of job security and the future of the public service was the focus of media scrutiny.

The promises were repeated by the LNP throughout the campaign but particularly in the final few days, when the party released its official election costings and its policy for the public service on the same day, 22 March 2012.

On that day and immediately prior, Campbell Newman and Tim Nicholls both repeatedly stated that the LNP’s policies in government would be implemented by a 3% cap in overall public service expenditure growth, while maintaining no forced redundancies and maximising employment security and ensuring that “frontline” staff would have adequate resources to do their job.

In addition to the questions to politicians on job security, Together delegates created a questionnaire that asked for a number of other specific guarantees, such as no privatisations or outsourcing of areas such as Pathology Queensland.

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TOGETHERBARGAINING

2012

Be part of Building a Better Queensland

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Working for a Better Public Service

After the election on 24 March, the new government told its departmental heads to find savings, and they responded by putting a freeze on the renewal of temporary employees’ contracts.

This kind of indiscriminate freeze may produce savings on paper, but in reality the effect has been devastating. Cutting long-term temporary jobs has hurt many people. It has hurt the workers themselves, the people who are forced to deliver services with less support, and the community as the quality of services is put under pressure.

This freeze was on top of other sweeping changes to departments, like Machinery of Government (MOG) changes and many other cost-cutting measures that harmed workloads and service delivery, especially in regional areas.

Union members and delegates fought hard for the rights of temporary workers – but in a climate of uncertainty, government departments continually failed to uphold their obligations under collective bargaining agreements to consult before making major changes. Applications were filed in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission to force agencies to meet their formal obligations before terminating staff. While this meant delays to mass sackings in some areas, in many areas people continued to lose their jobs without any effective warning or consideration of the impacts on workloads or on services of those remaining.

Together members also responded to these challenges by asking the government to commit to a nine-point plan for a better public service. Key aspects of the nine-point plan included no forced retrenchments of permanent public servants or long-term temporary employees; real and meaningful consultation with public servants about the new organisational structures for departments as part of the MOG changes; public servants not having to re-apply for their positions as part of the organisational changes; government to

put in place a process for the audit of non-frontline positions and the creation of establishment numbers for these positions; and, introduction of a PSC directive to better facilitate the voluntary transfer of public servants to priority positions which are vacant.

In response to the job losses, members across many departments held sticker days to highlight the vital nature of their work and members from the Department of Communities rallied at Queen’s Park in the city and marched to the front of the Director General’s offices. This was the subject of extensive media coverage on the day.

‘Black Friday’ was 29 June, the last full work day before the end of the 2011-2012 financial year. Large numbers of temporary contracts expired at the end of the financial year, and as a result Together estimated that on Black Friday around 3000 public sector workers lost their jobs. On the day itself, the Premier wouldn’t say who was cut, what services were cut or what communities were impacted – he refused to give the number of jobs terminated, admitting that the government didn’t know.

Despite the government’s “no forced redundancies” pledge large numbers of permanent jobs are being cut from the public sector across many agencies. Some of the first areas to fall victim were in the office of Climate Change and the Queensland Workplace Ombudsman, shortly after the government was sworn in on March 2012.

In late June the PSC provided our union with only a few days to consider proposed changes, which reduced workers rights, to the Employees Requiring Placement directive and called this “consultation”. Together industrial staff and a committee of council delegates considered the proposed changes and provided extensive feedback to the PSC. This feedback included a request for more time to adequately consult with members.

Together delegates and members will continue to fight for the rights of workers.

Working for Queenslanders Campaign

We are in an important battle, not just for jobs and wages but also for the very nature of public services themselves. History has shown that when the union movement takes a positive message to the community we can make a real difference.

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Working for

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This is what the Working for Queenslanders campaign is about – having conversations with Queenslanders about what sort of state we want to be.

This long-term campaign aims to build community support for public services and public servants. We have already had thousands of people sign up to the campaign and held successful events in communities in Toowoomba, Maryborough and Childers with more to come.

All members can play a role in this campaign by talking to family and friends about the importance of their jobs and the services they provide the community and asking them to be a part of the campaign.

Federal Campaigns

2011 – 2012 saw a number of federal campaigns to ignite workers on issues relating to award modernisation and minimum conditions, off shoring of work, redundancy for long term casuals and more in the lead up to collective bargaining. There were over 30 agreements negotiated in the 2011 – 2012 year in industries as diverse as the not for profit sector, airlines, industrial services, private and ancillary health and call centres.

Wage increases were delivered in all sectors with the lowest annual increase being 3% and the highest for a single year at 6.2%. A number of agreements in a variety of industries delivered increases of 4% or higher without loss of conditions. Members in Tattsbet saw the approval of their agreement bring about significant improvement in conditions relating to rostering and an annual wage increase of 3.75%. The negotiations took over 18 months and whilst membership growth was modest, members now have an agreement they are proud of and they have established plans to continue to build on the platform established.

UnitingCare Health agreements were negotiated during the reporting period for both administrative staff and allied health staff. Both negotiations were difficult with administration members pursuing their campaign objectives through three no votes before agreement was finally reached with a membership increase, Delegate increases and a wages outcome of 3.75% per annum. The wage increase was agreed to be paid at the conclusion of the successful vote which in hindsight saved the members waiting for almost 12 months to be paid after approval. A case before Fair Work Australia in relation to the National Employment Standards

and how 5 weeks annual leave for shift workers was applied was taken through to appeal. Subsequently many agreements in the private health sector were left pending the outcome of the appeal which took almost 12 months.

Allied health members in UnitingCare Health followed their administrative counterparts and ran a successful no vote campaign on an agreement that brought together many disparate work groups across a number of specialities. As a result of the no vote campaign being successful a number of changes were made to conditions within the agreement and a successful ballot was concluded.

Conditions were fought and won in a number of airline industry agreements which saw commitments to maintenance of jobs not being outsourced and in some cases ensuring that temporary employees would be directly hired by companies. Care has to be taken to ensure such claims are in relation to the employment relationship and careful crafting of clauses has ensured that these conditions have been included. There are some employers reluctant to give such commitments on the public record and through the bargaining process exchanges of letters have been enforced.

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Together’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) forms the basis of our commitment to reconciliation and our ongoing engagement with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members.

The RAP was developed by a working party of 20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members and 10 non-Indigenous members from throughout Queensland including the President and other members of the union’s Executive.

All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of Together were given the opportunity to contribute to the development of the RAP. The Together RAP was endorsed by Reconciliation Australia in February 2012.

Together has ensured Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander member representation on the Together Council by having identified positions for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander delegates based on the number of identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members. These elected delegates will lead Together’s policy development and decision-making on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members.

As part of our ongoing commitment to the development of our Council delegates, Together sponsored the attendance of three Aboriginal delegates to the ACTU Indigenous Conference in Darwin in 2011.

Together has commissioned Aboriginal artwork to use in the RAP and future publications.

Over 90% of Together staff have undergone cultural awareness training to assist them to engage appropriately with Aboriginal and Torres Strait members.

Together has committed to developing a recruitment strategy, including an Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander members’ kit, to encourage Indigenous employees to become members of Together.

Together has had ongoing engagement with members and the local community on Thursday Island to highlight the appalling facilities for Queensland Health workers and is campaigning for improvements.

Through staff functions, member participation and donations, Together has supported and promoted National Close the Gap Day, the QCU Stolen Wages Campaign, NAIDOC week and National Reconciliation Week. Together is also a signatory to the NQ Social Compact.

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Women’s Conference:

Women delegates from all over Queensland gathered at South Brisbane on 30 November for the inaugural Together Women’s Conference. The theme of the conference was ‘Women in Leadership’. The conference commenced with a ‘State of the Union’ address by Together President, Vivienne Doogan, highlighting the campaigning strength of our union and providing data on the representation of women in Together. Women make up two-thirds of our membership, yet women are proportionally under-represented as delegates and in elected union structures compared to men.

The next session featured a panel discussion with four fabulous leading women delegates from our union - Ruth McFarlane (Health), Emma Tovell (Communities), Mandy Fisher (UQ) and Sally MacManus (Secretary, ASU NSW Branch). Each panelist gave a short presentation focusing on the major issues for women members in their industries and their experiences as activists. A lively question and debate followed on from the presentations.

One of the most well received sessions of the day was a highly interactive session asking the question “what is leadership”; members exchanged ideas on this which lead to some interesting conclusions about how we can step up to be leaders ourselves. A number of these conclusions are incorporated in the motion from the conference (as below).

After lunch, participants chose between improving their Meeting Skills and a session on Mentor Activists in two concurrent workshop sessions. Industrial updates on paid parental leave, pay equity, superannuation and Dress for Success completed the sessions.

Participants supported two fantastic projects through donations of clothing and bras. Donations of professional clothing to the Dress for Success project are used to ‘promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and career development opportunities to help women thrive in work and life.’ Many delegates also donated old bras as part of the Bras for Dignity project. These are then distributed to women in the highlands of PNG by Rotary and Red Cross. Delegates endorsed the following motion as the finale for the conference:

This Conference reaffirms our collective and individual commitment to address gender inequality in all forms, and to promote the interests of our members to create better workplaces and a better society for all. To do this we will:

• Celebrate and advertise our wins to each other and widely.

• Use our experience and knowledge to educate mentor and support our female Together members and colleagues.

• Provide information and networking opportunities to our female members.

• Proactively pursue improvements to enhance our

home and work lives, such as superannuation, pay equity, and individual freedom of expression and choice.

• Utilise a range of communication methods to reach and engage our target audience. We resolve to eat the elephant piece by piece, acknowledging that the behaviour that you walk past is the behaviour you condone. We will participate fully in the union’s structures to achieve these aims, and where needed we will establish new structures and networks to provide an accessible and inclusive culture for the betterment of our fellow unionists. Specifically, we will:

• Communicate this and invite other women to join us

• Establish a Steering Committee to make recommendations about improving our formal women’s network, draft key agenda items and recommend communications processes with our female members about our goals.

• Establish a mentoring program.

• Pursue better superannuation outcomes through policy initiatives at the national level.

International Women’s Day:

This year a number of different activities were undertaken to celebrate International Women’s Day including the fun run (or walk as was the case for most of us!) on Sunday 11th March.

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Twenty Together Delegates and Staff joined one of the biggest turn outs to the fun run – while none of us were place getters (apparently there is a link to the walking in this…) – we certainly earned our breakfast after the 5kms.

With 2012 being the centenary of inspirational suffragette Emma Miller, she stole the lime, purple and white light this year as the theme of our celebrations.

Emma Miller is best known for using her hatpin, at the age of 73, to attack the Police Commissioner during the police charge against demonstrators in the Brisbane General Strike in 1912.

As an activist in the late 1800s and early 1900s, she believed that workers had to organise and agitate to improve their conditions, just as we do today. She fought for the right for women to work in male dominated industries, for the right for women to belong to a trade union and for the right for women to vote.

Her vision was for strong trade unions, a Worker’s political party, equal pay and votes for women. Her vision is still relevant today.

The women of Together celebrated Emma and all of the achievements since with morning teas and other activities utilising a kit that was available for download from our website.

At the Brisbane celebrations held on Thursday 9th March, Vivienne Doogan, Together President, entertained women members at the IWD function with her presentation on the lifetime of activism of Emma Miller.

Continuing this theme the other guest speaker for the night was Margaret Gleeson speaking about the national ASU’s campaign around Equal Pay – very fitting at a time of reflection on how far we have come since Emma’s significant contributions to the movement.

Emma Miller Award

Emma Miller was one of the founding figures of the Queensland union movement – a champion of women’s suffrage as well as the rights of working women. Emma Miller is remembered every year when we recognise up and coming women activists from across the movement for following in Emma’s footsteps.

The Together 2011 recipient was Chris Fox, a social worker from Townsville Hospital. Chris is a delegate who is not only active industrially as a fantastic local delegate but also very active in creating links between the union movement and her community. During the floods and cyclones of early 2011 Chris and her fellow union members at Townsville Hospital raised nearly

$3000 for those affected. Chris is also one of our Workplace Leaders and gets involved in all the local Townsville union campaigns.

A long term project that Chris is leading is the facilitation and organising of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander members to develop their voice and gain recognition for Indigenous Liaison Officers in Townsville.

WOMEN’S REPORT (CONTINUED)

2012 International Women’s Day CelebrationsIn celebration of International Women’s Day and the 100th Anniversary of Emma Miller Together Delegates are invited to attend an informal twilight lecture. Details:

Time: 5.45pm for 6pmDate: Thursday 8th MarchVenue: Five Sisters Cafe, 141 Melbourne St, South BrisbaneRefreshments: Tapas and Drinks will be provided

Please RSVP to Bec Nilon – bec.nilon@together.org.au

Authorised Alex Scott Together Secretary

Chris Fox

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Annual Training Report

The Education and Development Unit (EDU) have been busy this last 12 months completing our scheduled training courses for Brisbane and Regional Queensland. We have integrated the QPSU and ASU training calendars and now offer one training program calendar which is tailored to meet the needs of both public and private sector Delegates.

As a consequence of integrating the two Unions training programs, we have reviewed each of our course offerings and have adjusted some sections of our course content. As a team we have also reviewed some of the broader aspects of the delivery of our education program and have been working with a number of the industry teams in assisting with the strategic development and delivery of specific workplace and industry workshops and conferences.

The review of our training program has also resulted in a revamp of our training materials including newly designed materials i.e. new Together Delegate workbooks, training presentations, workplace posters and Delegate signage etc. We have received very positive feedback from Delegates about the new work booklets and how helpful they are as an ongoing resource when Delegates return to the workplace.

There were three primary course offerings delivered by the EDU this quarter.

Delegate 101:

This is a two day course designed for new Delegates who have recently taken up the role or for existing Delegates who haven’t completed training in some time. This course covers the role of the Delegate and develops communication and problem solving skills for the workplace. It provides training around organising skills i.e.one –on- one conversation, identifying potential leaders and negotiation skills. This course has been specifically designed to be run as two one day training blocks to overcome the problems associated with many members being unable to take off two consecutive work days to complete training.

Workplace Meetings: Assisting Members and Consultative Committees:

This course is a one day course for representatives on workplace consultative forums or Delegates who would like to improve their skills in assisting individual members in the workplace. Topics covered in this course include, meeting skills, negotiation skills, where workplace rights come from and basic representation skills.

Leadership Skills for Delegates:

This is a two day course offering advanced level organising skills for experienced Delegates. Ideally this course should be completed at least 6-12months

after Delegate 101. This course covers advanced level communication skills, how to run effective workplace meetings, campaigning skills and how to identify future workplace activists.

Summary of Delegates trained from July 2011 to July 2012:

Brisbane Courses:

Workplace Meetings Training –: 5 courses conducted - 56 Delegates trained Leadership Skills for Delegates - 5 courses conducted - 35 Delegates trained Delegate 101 –- 7 courses conducted – 99 Delegates trainedTotal Delegates trained in Brisbane = 190

Regional Courses:

Cairns: Delegates 101 - 5 DelegatesWorkplace Meetings – 6 Delegates Townsville:Delegates 101 - 12 delegatesWorkplace Meetings – 11Leadership skills - 6Maryborough/Rockhampton:Delegates 101 - 16 delegatesWorkplace Meetings – 6Leadership skills - Toowoomba:Delegates 101 - 7 delegatesWorkplace Meetings – 22Leadership skills - 11Sunshine Coast:Delegates 101 - 4Workplace Meetings – 5Bundaberg:Delegates 101 - 5Mt Isa:Delegates 101 - 7Workplace Meetings – 7Total Regional Delegates trained - 130Additional Courses:Corrections- - 19Blue Care -8Private Sector - 11Total Delegates trained for this period: 358 Delegates trained.

Delegates trained for this period came from a range of industries including:

Across a number of Core Public service areas, QLD health, Brisbane City Council and Energy, Core areas, Unions, Airlines, Private Health, Taxi Industry, Corrections and Emergency Services.

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Workplace and Industry Specific Work:

In addition to the scheduled courses detailed above, there have also been a number of specific courses run which the EDU have assisted in developing and delivering – these have included:

• BCC and Utilities• QLD Audit Office• Airlines Conference

We are now working with industry teams to develop and deliver upcoming Conferences and Workshops including:

• Call Centre Conference

• Taxi industry Summit

• Aged Care and Private Hospitals conference

Other initiatives:

Follow up: The EDU follows up each Delegate following training and provides a group networking opportunity to exchange successes, share challenges and continue to support eachother. Where Delegates need further assistance in implementing strategies to organise the workplace the EDU assists with this request and works with the relevant Team to continue to support that Delegate.

The EDU was able to identify a potential leader activist in a Leadership course this quarter who we recommended to the Together Women’s committee. This Delegate (LeeAnne Eketone from QHealth) went on to become the Together Anna Stewart participant for this year.

ACTU/Griffith University:

The EDU has been working with the ACTU and Griffith University to survey Delegates this year on support Networks. The objective of the research is to identify what resources Unions need to provide Delegates (in addition to formal training) that encourages them to continue to be active Delegates for the longer term. The evaluation of the surveys (undertaken by David Peetz) will be completed at the end of the year with a report ready for early next year.

Workplace Leaders Program:

The EDU continues to support those Delegates who participated in the Workplace Leaders Program. Regular communication occurs with the group and they often attend the Delegates training courses (regionally and in Brisbane) so they can share their experiences and provide support to our new Delegates.

We will review all course offerings at the end of 2012 with a number of new courses being identified for 2013.

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Life memberships were awarded to two outstanding long-term activists from Queensland Health in 2011.

Ruth McFarlane

Ruth McFarlane’s track record of 16 years as a union activist covers all levels of union engagement.

As a worker in the IT Development and Training Unit of the Rockhampton Public Hospital, Ruth represents individual members with issues, holds member meetings, recruits new members and promotes unionism at every opportunity in her workplace.

Ruth is a strong voice for non-clinical workers in Health.

As an example, she was a member of the Interest Based Bargaining Committee that between 2006 and 2008 achieved reclassifications for 3000 administration staff and was one of two committee members who handled all the appeals.

Ruth is a long-term member of the ASU (C & SQ Branch) Executive and is currently their President as well as being a Senior Vice-President of Together.

Ruth is currently active on several Council Committees as well as supporting women’s events such as the Women’s Conference.

Her commitment to the broader union movement is demonstrated through her activity on the executive of the Rockhampton Provincial Council.

As a true activist, Ruth evaluates the issues that arise in the workplace for their organising potential and make sure they contribute to building our union strength.

Jim Gannon

Jim has been a member of our union since 1970 and an activist for almost as long. When Jim joined Queensland Health in 1982 he quickly became a union activist taking the fight up to management regarding the exclusion of pathology members from decisions that impacted on their day-to-day work. This was the first of many fights as Jim ‘gradually morphed’ into becoming an inspirational local delegate.

Jim’s commitment to members and building the strength of our union is extraordinary. Examples of Jim’s activism include taking up issues with managers; representing members on a range of consultative structures; representing members in the QIRC in negotiations and disputes; active member on EB steering committees and EB negotiation committees; active in the Your Rights at Work campaign; and, representing Health members on Council since 2004.

Jim is a ‘grass roots’ delegate, with a determination to assist members to improve their working conditions. Jim’s major focus has been to educate members on how to increase and sustain collective power in the workplace to achieve this change. The majority of this fantastic work has been done in his own time, which serves as a constant inspiration to us all.

Jim’s involvement in the District Consultative Forum has seen the culture of confrontational management, who were unwilling/unable to deal with the shift in power to ‘management-sharing’ with the unions through consultation. This involvement has also seen the workplace change from that of disempowered employees, to an empowered union membership with increasing strength and a demonstrated commitment to collective action. Jim’s leadership as a delegate and his passion as a unionist has both developed and sustained this empowerment.

Jim deserves to be made a life member as he has remained a committed unionist through adversity. Jim has continuously demonstrated his commitment to organising in the workplace to improve the lives of union members within any area that he has worked in.

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